The Portland daily press., 1887-03-18
Fryebure's New Postmaster.

and Bean, inspectors, are visiting the Maine
State Prison, officially. They viii visit Cnm-
berland county Jail on Friday.
Fryeburg's New Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, March 17.--Joseph l.. Rus
sell was appointed postmaster at North
Fryeburg Thursday, vice John l. Greenliar
resigned.
The Megantic to he Built.
BANGOR, March 1.-THE Megantic people
mean business. Orders have been received
here for an immense amount of supplies, in
cluding everything for the four thousand
French Canadians and Italians who will be
employed
One order for groceries and provisions is
over five feet long. 1t has not been figured
up, but will amount to over thirty thousand
dollars. Two thousand barrels of flour are
ordered, six hundred to be in bags for easy
transportation.
The order for prunes, dried currants and
cheese suggests Italians in large number.
Pay-rolls, suD-contracts, teamster slips,
blank orders and much other matter will be
printed here. All supplies are ordered to
Greenyille as soon as possible.
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FARnINGToN, March 17.-Mrs. c. L.
Moulton, the president Of the Woman's Re
lief Corps for Maine, organized j. +. Cush-
man Corps, No. 40, at Phillips, Wednesday
night, with twenty charter members. The
officers elected were as follows: President,
Mrs. w. III. Small vice president Mrs. Chas
Bean; chaplain, Mrs. w. II. Babb; secreta-
ry, Mrs. ii. A. Dunham; treasurer, Mrs.
Dearbon Nickerson; conductor, Mrs. Lafor-
est Voter; guard. Mrs. Fred Bright; past
president. Mrs. Henry McKenney. After
public installation fine collation. was served
and a sociable followed. The new corps
starts under the most favorable auspices
Business Boom in Dixfield.
CANTON, March 17.--Burnham G. Morrill,
of Portland, has contracted with farmers in
Dixfeld for 800 acres of sweet corn and will
erect factory in the spring.
Also in the spring a spool mill will be
erected by Mr.. Merrill of Searsport, f. Stan
ley and e. G. Reynolds, This is business
boom in Dixleld.
An Interesting Farmers Meeting.
BRIDGToH, March ia Farmers Insti.
tute was held here today under the auspices
of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Among
the notables present were Secretary Gilbert,
Prof. Jordan of the Maine State College, w.
w. Harris. S. L. HolbroOk and A. l. Pike,
members of the hoard, Col j. p Perley,
George e. Chadboarne and w. W. Cross of
Bridgton, and Alphonso Moulton, E. X. and
J. s. Whitney of Harrison, The meetings
have been well attended. and the discussions
lively, and interesting addresses were made
by Secretary Gilbert and Prof. Jordan. The
closing session will be held this evening.
A Sailors Body Recovered.
WELLFLEET, Mass, March 1.-THE dead
body of the cook of the wrecked schooner j.
II. EelIs, before reported lashed in the fore
rigging, was taken off about dark tonight by
the crew of the life-saying station, and
placed in the town house at North Eastman
Both legs and arms were terribly frozen
face badly chafed, and his body very poorly
clad. The schooner still remains on the bar
in the same position. and will be sold tomor
row at auction.
The dead mans name was Jchn Saulsbu
~. lie wasa native of Rockport, Aaine
and was 20 years Of age. Captain Wallace
who was washed away, was also native o.
Rockport. Mai2s. where he leaves widow
He was 80 years of age. Wreckers have con
tracted TO save the cargo for go per cent.